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Photographers: How much do you rely on your editing software?

I am trying to learn photography at the moment but still stuggle even with the basics such as lighting & contrast. Yet when I use an editing program with the shots I have taken they look great.

From my end of it, as a graphic designer, I have to prepare a photographic image for duplication in a form other than a stand alone photograph. My assignments will end up on anything from a flyer to a slick magazine or catalogue. Each kind of media will need the image to duplicate in ways suitable to the process. A photo on newsprint paper, for example, will require a higher contrast and a less subtle gradiation, becuse the paper tends to bleed and soak in some ink from the printing process. Images on coated paper stock will bleed less and can reproduce a lot more subtle effects. Adjustments to things like the size of inkjet dots and sceen resolutions can be made in Photoshop. Images to be reproduced by a photocopy process cannot have, virtually ANY gradations, unless they are prepared with half tone screens.

Many of these adjustment may require extensive manipulations in Photoshop. And this is not to even mention the technical mistakes that I make through the camera lens, like a too busy background, accidental red eye, and, just plain bad exposures. Like “fhotoace” descibes, I’m not a professional “shooter.” I depend a LOT on my skills in Photoshop to produce the best results for my clients.

Of COURSE I try to take the best shot I can, on site. The fact that I have ANY success is due to the years of practice, as a casual shooter, and even now, as a pro in the design field. But, as with my darkroom, in the past, digital post camera applications help guarantee a good result.

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